> I have been trying to buy a bunch of NE-68 and NE-81 Neon bulbs to repair > some Burroughs counting modules that I have where the bulbs have cracked and > the gas has escaped, the cracks have happened since the modules had been > stored poorly so the pins corroded. I haven't found any place yet that > actually has them in stock, when I have tried to buy the ones supposedly in > stock there were none to be had.
Don's Bulbs has 'em (I've worked with Don before, he's a decent guy). http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/b.pl/ne81~usa.html <http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/b.pl/ne81~usa.html> > I've also been thinking about if it would be possible to use either a zener > diode or TVS, one-way or two-way, to emulate the Neon bulb, does anyone have > any experience with this? I'd think zeners would work. It looks unidirectional, so I doubt you'd need two zeners. - John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/866045E7-3D3D-42B5-8F88-B0611EC908CB%40mac.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
